History FanFic / StarsAbove

* AllDeathsFinal: The Puellae Magi are well aware of this. 2012!Kagami, [[BreakTheCutie however...]]

** 2012!Kagami crosses it in [[TearJerker heartbreaking fashion]] when she learns that Homura can't make the pain of losing her sister go away.

%%* ReplacementGoldfish: {{Subverted}}, Kagami refuses to use her timeline's Homura as this to 2012!Homura.

* StartOfDarkness: Chapter 9 shows 2012!Kagami's gradual descent into Demonhood.

** ''[[UpToEleven Every]]'' ''MagicalGirl'' ''[[UpToEleven ever]]'' appears in Kagami's dream in Chapter 12. Specifically alluded to are Anime/TokyoMewMew, [[Manga/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Revolutionary Girls]], [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth the Magic Knights]], [[Manga/CardCaptorSakura Cardcaptor Sakura]], [[Manga/WeddingPeach the Wedding Angels]], [[Anime/PrettyCure all of the Precure]], [[Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha the TSAB agents and the Wolkenritter]], [[Anime/DevilHunterYohko all 108 Devil Hunters]], and every [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor Senshi]] and [[Franchise/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Puella Magi]] to ever exist.

** ''[[UpToEleven Every]]'' ''MagicalGirl'' ''[[UpToEleven ever]]'' appears in Kagami's dream in Chapter 12. Specifically alluded to are Anime/TokyoMewMew, [[Manga/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Revolutionary Girls]], [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth the Magic Knights]], [[Manga/CardCaptorSakura Cardcaptor Sakura]], [[Manga/WeddingPeach the Wedding Angels]], [[Franchise/PrettyCure all of the Precure]], [[Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha the TSAB agents and the Wolkenritter]], [[Anime/DevilHunterYohko all 108 Devil Hunters]], and every [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor Senshi]] and [[Franchise/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Puella Magi]] to ever exist.

%%* GoOutWithASmile:
%%** Tsukasa in the 2012 timeline, although in this case, it's because she died too quickly to realise she was dying.
%%** Homura dies this way at the end.

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* CallingYourAttacks: Mami, of course, continues to do this as well as the [[Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica Pleiades Saints]]. [[spoiler: Homura also takes to naming her ultimate attack, "Requiem Violetta", and credits Mami for it. By the end, all of the Stars Above have named attacks: [[WaveMotionGun "Blue Moon]] [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sapphire Power Kiss"]] for Konata, [[FantasticNuke "Ult]][[Franchise/FinalFantasy ima"]] for Miyuki, [[FrickinLaserBeams "Demon Slayer"]] for Tsukasa, and [[SwordBeam "Starry Night"]] for Kagami.]]

The story was [[FinishedFic completed]] in December 2014.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7371211/1/Stars_Above Stars Above]]'' is a fanfic written by Tropers [[{{@/FringeBenefits}} BHS]] and [[Tropers/{{Forzare}} AshenDream]]. Based loosely on the events of a [[LongRunners long-running]] RP on the Administrivia/TVTropesForum, the story is a ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''[=/=]''Manga/LuckyStar'' IntercontinuityCrossOver which takes place after Madoka's ascension and ignores the events of [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion Rebellion]], as the story was written and planned out long before the movie's release.

A YuriGenre CrossoverShip fic that aims to be "as awesome as possible", [[WordOfGod according to the authors.]] '''Now has a [[Characters/StarsAbove Characters Page]], under construction'''.

Also see ''FanFic/{{Respect}}'' and ''FanFic/ShatteredSkiesTheMorningLights'', unrelated {{CrossOver}}s by the same author.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7371211/1/Stars_Above Stars Above]]'' is a fanfic written by Tropers [[{{@/FringeBenefits}} BHS]] and {{@/Forzare}}. Based loosely on the events of a [[LongRunners long-running]] RP on the Administrivia/TVTropesForum, the story is a ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''[=/=]''Manga/LuckyStar'' IntercontinuityCrossOver which takes place after Madoka's ascension and ignores the events of [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion Rebellion]], as the story was written and planned out long before the movie's release.

* GettingEatenIsHarmless: Kagami is swallowed whole by the Third Demon Ciacco, a giant, emaciated dog, but the only real danger involved inside is his Spawnnote Demon equivalent to Witches' Familiars, a horde of maggots that eat everything he eats, depriving him of actual nourishment.

* AnyoneCanDie: And does die. Every single Puella Magi on Earth dies in Homura's time, long with Tsukasa, and in Kagami's time, quite a few innocents die. Homura herself also dies at the end.

* BittersweetEnding: The Nine are completely defeated and everyone is saved. However, Homura dies of Soul Gem corruption as a result of the fight. Kagami does manage to heal her timeline's Homura, but doesn't dare use her as a ReplacementGoldfish, and hopes to join Homura and Madoka one day.

** ''[[UpToEleven Every]]'' ''MagicalGirl'' ''[[UpToEleven ever]]'' appears in Kagami's dream in Chapter 12. Specifically alluded to are Anime/TokyoMewMew, [[Manga/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Revolutionary Girls]], [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth the Magic Knights]], [[Manga/CardCaptorSakura Cardcaptor Sakura]], [[Manga/WeddingPeach the Wedding Angels]], [[Frnachise/PrettyCure all of the Precure]], [[Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha the TSAB agents and the Wolkenritter]], [[Anime/DevilHunterYohko all 108 Devil Hunters]], and every [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor Senshi]] and [[Franchise/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Puella Magi]] to ever exist.

** spoiler:Minami Iwasaki cameos as a ChekhovsGunman in Chapter 20.

* CloningGambit: Desideria pulled this with one of her Spawn. She let it feed until it transformed into a copy of herself, let it read her memories, and allowed the copy to take her place and be killed by Kagami.

** Homura and all four Lucky Star girls cross it by the end... only to rebound in spectacular fashion.

* HeroicSecondWind: Homura's Soul Gem is [[TheCorruption already blackened]] before the Third's battle and she is supposed to fade per the usual Law of Cycle, but not only does she ''not'' fade, her Soul Gem becomes bright again. Kyubey, who is understandably confused, discusses it with her. [[spoiler:She gets another one later when Kagami reminds her that [[YouAreNotAlone she's not alone.]]

* MortalWoundReveal: Homura's Soul Gem is revealed to have been damaged in the final battle shortly afterwards. This changes the ending from a straight HappyEnding to a BittersweetEnding with Homura's death as a result.

* PresentAbsence: Madoka. This being set after the series, she's serving as the concept of Hope and is unseen but omnipresent throughout the story, but she makes personal appearances to lead Kyoko, Nico, and Homura to the afterlife.

** When she finally ''does'' transform into a Magical Girl, her costume is clearly based on Sailor Moon's, and she gives the full speech as she arrives at the battle.

* BonusMaterial: ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8522659/1/ My Sunshine]]'', a side-story set during the early days of the war between the Puellae Magi and Vittoria. The second side-story, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9153264/1/ Pioneer]]'', takes place months after the war's end and stars [[Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica Nico Kanna]]. [[spoiler:[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7920813/1/ There are also the Demon Profiles,]] written in the style of the Witch Cards.]]

* AllThereInTheManual: The names, natures, origins, and background information about the Nine are explained largely though their [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7920813/1/ profiles]], written in the style of the Madoka website's Witch Cards.

''Stars Above'' has BonusMaterial including two side-stories, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8522659/1/ My Sunshine]]'' and ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9153264/1/ Pioneer]]'', and profiles for each of the Demons of the Nine, which can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7920813/1/ here]]. The story is also posted on [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/979513 Archive of Our Own]] and [[http://tasakeru828.deviantart.com/gallery/36254251 DeviantArt]]

* CrossoverCouple: [[BlatantLies The story was totally]] ''[[BlatantLies not]]'' [[BlatantLies written with an ulterior motive of promoting the authors']] [[PortmanteauCoupleName Kagamura ship.]]

* CrossoverShipping: [[BlatantLies The story was totally]] ''[[BlatantLies not]]'' [[BlatantLies written with an ulterior motive of promoting the authors']] [[PortmanteauCoupleName Kagamura ship.]]

Also see ''FanFic/{{Respect}}'' and ''FanFic/ShatteredSkies'', unrelated {{CrossOver}}s by the same author.

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** Konata quotes FistOfTheNorthStar when showing Homura that [[LetsGetDangerous she means business]] in Chapter 13. [[spoiler:She also lets out Kenshiro's trademark FunnyBruceLeeNoises and pulls off some RapidFireFisticuffs before being abducted one chapter later.]]

This fic and its related materials are also posted on [[http://tasakeru828.deviantart.com/gallery/36254251 DeviantArt]] and [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/57599 AO3 (Archive Of Our Own)]], in addition to its home on FanFictionDotNet.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7371211/1/Stars_Above Stars Above]]'' is a fanfic written by Tropers [[{{@/FringeBenefits}} BHS]] and {{@/Forzare}}. Based loosely on the events of a [[LongRunners long-running]] RP on the Administrivia/TVTropesForum, the story is a ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''[=/=]''Manga/LuckyStar'' IntercontinuityCrossOver [[spoiler:which takes place after Madoka's ascension and ignores the events of [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion Rebellion]], as the story was written and planned out long before the movie's release.]]

''Stars Above'' has BonusMaterial including two side-stories, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8522659/1/ My Sunshine]]'' and ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9153264/1/ Pioneer]]'', [[spoiler:and profiles for each of the Demons of the Nine, which can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7920813/1/ here]].]] The story is also posted on [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/979513 Archive of Our Own]] and [[http://tasakeru828.deviantart.com/gallery/36254251 DeviantArt]]

* AllDeathsFinal: [[spoiler:The Puellae Magi are well aware of this. 2012!Kagami, [[BreakTheCutie however...]]]]
* AllThereInTheManual: [[spoiler:The names, natures, origins, and background information about the Nine are explained largely though their [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7920813/1/ profiles]], written in the style of the Madoka website's Witch Cards.]]

* AnyoneCanDie: And does die. [[spoiler: Every single Puella Magi on Earth dies in Homura's time, long with Tsukasa, and in Kagami's time, quite a few innocents die. Homura herself also dies at the end.]]
* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Vittoria's attack on Earth in the Madoka-verse resulted in one of Scope Level 3 (Planetary). The Severity is Level 2 (Societal Collapse), verging on Levels 3 (Species Extinction) and 4 (Total Extinction) due to the damage to causality and the climate. Only one or two billion people are left, and every city and town is said to be in ruins. The Demons are now aiming for a [[ApocalypseHow/ClassZ Class Z Omniversal Physical Annihilation.]]]]
* ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler:Kagami contains the Demon that could destroy TheMultiverse... and by the final chapters Tsukasa contains another, unnamed one, similarly powerful. This overlaps with BarrierMaiden, see below.]]

* BarrierMaiden: [[spoiler:Both of the Hiiragi twins are this to TheMultiverse... their survival keeps everything from falling apart.]]

* BigDamnHeroes:
** Homura's rescue of the Hiiragis and Konata on board the train.
** [[spoiler:Konata's transformation and arrival during the final battle.]]
* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:In Chapter 17, after a night of terrible battles and even more terrible trauma.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The Nine are completely defeated and everyone is saved. However, Homura dies of Soul Gem corruption as a result of the fight. Kagami does manage to heal her timeline's Homura, but doesn't dare use her as a ReplacementGoldfish, and hopes to join Homura and Madoka one day.]]

* BreakTheCutie: ''Everyone.'' The casts of both series get put through the wringer.
* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler:The Second is an expert at this, and takes perverse pleasure in it.]]

* TheCameo: [[spoiler:Madoka appears to Kyoko to take her Soul Gem when she runs out of power.]]

** [[spoiler: Cameos of the [[Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica Kazumi]] and [[Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica Oriko]] characters are found throughout the 2012 flashbacks in Chapters 7, 8, and 9.]]
** [[spoiler:''[[UpToEleven Every]]'' ''MagicalGirl'' ''[[UpToEleven ever]]'' appears in Kagami's dream in Chapter 12. Specifically alluded to are Anime/TokyoMewMew, [[Manga/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Revolutionary Girls]], [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth the Magic Knights]], [[Manga/CardCaptorSakura Cardcaptor Sakura]], [[Manga/WeddingPeach the Wedding Angels]], [[Frnachise/PrettyCure all of the Precure]], [[Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha the TSAB agents and the Wolkenritter]], [[Anime/DevilHunterYohko all 108 Devil Hunters]], and every [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor Senshi]] and [[Franchise/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Puella Magi]] to ever exist.]]
** [[spoiler: Soujiro Izumi, Yui Narumi, and Yutaka Kobayakawa appear in Chapter 18.]]
** [[spoiler:Minami Iwasaki cameos as a ChekhovsGunman in Chapter 20.]]
* CaughtWithYourPantsDown / InterruptedIntimacy: [[spoiler:How Kagami finds out about Tsukasa and Miyuki's relationship.]]
* CirclesOfHell: [[spoiler:The Nine modeled themselves after the Circles in Dante's Hell.]]
* CloningGambit: [[spoiler:Desideria pulled this with one of her Spawn. She let it feed until it transformed into a copy of herself, let it read her memories, and allowed the copy to take her place and be killed by Kagami.]]
* ConflictingLoyalty / ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: The reason why Homura decides to take some distance from Kagami. She thinks that she's betraying Madoka [[spoiler:by falling in love with another girl after Desideria goads her about it]], but she also doesn't want Kagami to get hurt in the crossfire that keeps getting violent. The later situation is ironically not unlike the events of ''Madoka Magica''.

* ContinuityNod / MythologyGag: The first line of Chapter 1 is [[OrphanedPunchline "... and it really stinks, ]][[RunningGag doesn't it?"]]
** Konata's text to Kagami reads in part, [[EventFlag "EVENT FLAG]] [[{{Engrish}} GET!"]] As in the anime, Kagami ''still'' has no idea what she's talking about.
** Sayaka is indirectly mentioned in Chapter 3. [[spoiler:The beginning of her [[BreakTheCutie tragic breakdown]] is recalled in flashback in Chapter 9.]]
** Kyoko remembers a scene from the Madoka anime's finale in Chapter 4 [[spoiler:as she dies.]]
** [[spoiler: The "YouAreNotAlone" message is repurposed as a sacred prayer known by all Puellae Magi.]]
** [[AuthorAvatar Nyamo]], the white cat seen yawning and sleeping in the [[EyeCatch eyecatches]] of every ''Lucky Star'' episode, is mentioned as Tsukasa's pet [[spoiler:in 2012.]]
** [[spoiler: [[Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica Airi Anri and Yuuri Asuka, and Umika Misaki and Kaoru Maki from the same series,]] are couples in 2012, as are [[Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica Oriko Mikuni and Kirika Kure.]]]]
** [[spoiler: 2012!Kagami turns up her nose at a can of [[Memes/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Morning Rescue]].]]
** Anime Tenchou is briefly mentioned in Chapter 12.
** The dialogue at the twins' birthday party is almost identical to the same scene in Lucky Star Episode 4, only with a few significant changes to reflect that the timeline has been altered.

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:2012!Kagami crosses it in [[TearJerker heartbreaking fashion]] when she learns that Homura can't make the pain of losing her sister go away.]]
** [[spoiler: Homura and all four Lucky Star girls cross it by the end... only to rebound in spectacular fashion.]]
* {{Determinator}}: All of the Puellae Magi, ''[[UpToEleven especially]]'' [[UpToEleven Homura.]] [[spoiler:They fought on until there were only four left.]]
* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Tsukasa and Kazumi in the Madokaverse both die staring upward, at the sky and at the ceiling respectively.]]

* TheDyingWalk: [[spoiler: Homura does this after the final battle, shortly before she dies of corruption.]]
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: Vittoria fits the bill, and later Desideria mutates into a huge rift described as a living time[=/=]space paradox.]]
* EmotionEater: [[spoiler:The Demons feed on a person's Heart, the core of their emotions.]]
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler:This will occur if anything happens to Kagami and Tsukasa, the "multiversal focal points".]]
* EnemyWithin: [[spoiler:It seems like Vittoria already exists in Kagami's head, clouding her mind and making her almost lash out at the already beaten up Homura for letting Jovanni's monks take Konata hostage.]]
** [[spoiler: A more obvious example is probably when Kagami accidentally snaps the neck of one of Kyubey's bodies when she's freaking out about Tsukasa going missing.]]
** [[spoiler:She nearly gets loose at the end of Chapter 25 after Kagami's ExtremeMeleeRevenge against the Second.]]
** TheCorruption: [[spoiler:She also seems to have given Kagami the ability to fight demons, despite not being a Puella Magi.]]
*** [[spoiler: [[RedHerring Not exactly.]] At least some of that was Kagami's Star powers trying to emerge.]]
* EverybodysDeadDave: [[spoiler:Every Puella Magi on Earth teamed up to battle Vittoria, Kagami's Demon form. Only four survived.]]
* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: [[spoiler:[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Kagami turns the Second into a]] ''[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown bloody smear]]'' [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown with her bokken]].]]
* FantasticArousal: [[spoiler: Played as darkly as possible with Desideria's rape of Homura.]]

* GeniusLoci: [[spoiler:Jovanni, the Sixth, takes the form of a twisted cathedral made from volcanic rock. He also has the ability to turn his Branded into his [[FacelessMooks monks]], which confuses Homura at first-she thinks ''they're'' the Demons.]]

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Tsukasa in the 2012 timeline, although in this case, it's because she died too quickly to realise she was dying.]]
** [[spoiler: Homura dies this way at the end.]]
* TheHeartless: [[spoiler:The Demons, feeding on emotions and possessing little to none of their own.]]
* HellHound: [[spoiler:Ciacco, the Third, an enormous and emaciated rabid dog with a stomach full of maggot Spawn.]]
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Homura suffers a terrible one after Desideria reveals all her secrets to Kagami, and [[MoralEventHorizon violates her Soul Gem while wearing Kagami's form immediately afterward.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Kagami has one at the end of her fight with the Second. This time around, Homura talks her out of it.]]
** [[spoiler:Konata suffers one after the battle with the Seventh, witnessing for the first time just how screwed up the Demons are- she managed to escape this due to LaserGuidedAmnesia after her encounter with Jovanni.]]
* HeroicRROD: [[spoiler: Homura at the end of the final battle. This results in her death.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: The Yuki impersonator pulls one to save Kagami, Konata and the other bystanders from demon crows. She gets [[CruelAndUnusualDeath killed by being flayed alive]] for her troubles.]]
* HeroicSecondWind: [[spoiler:Homura's Soul Gem is [[TheCorruption already blackened]] before the Third's battle and she is supposed to fade per the usual Law of Cycle, but not only does she ''not'' fade, her Soul Gem becomes bright again.]] Kyubey, who is understandably confused, discusses it with her. [[spoiler:She gets another one later when Kagami reminds her that [[YouAreNotAlone she's not alone.]]]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Konata to Kagami once she realises Kagami is in love with Homura.
** [[spoiler: Homura stops Kyubey from [[DealWithTheDevil contracting]] with Kagami for this exact reason, knowing full well she'll die from her injuries without it.]]

* ImprovisedWeapon: Kagami's school bag in Chapter 4.

* TheJuggernaut: [[spoiler:Gaspare, the Fourth, a knight made of solid lead. Homura throws half her arsenal at it, and nothing works until she impales it with its own lance and spears it with her FinishingMove for good measure.]]
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:Tsukasa, and one chapter later, [[Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica Kazumi]], as the first victim of Vittoria.]]
%%* LoveHurts: Dear ''lord.''
* MeaningfulEcho: [[Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica "Believe in us"]], [[spoiler:"Do your best", and YouAreNotAlone.]]
* MeanwhileInTheFuture: Chapters 4 through 9 use this trope.
* MortalWoundReveal: [[spoiler: Homura's Soul Gem is revealed to have been damaged in the final battle shortly afterwards. This changes the ending from a straight HappyEnding to a BittersweetEnding with Homura's death as a result.]]
* TheMultiverse: Kagami and Tsukasa are its [[BarrierMaiden Barrier Maidens]].

* OhAndXDies: [[spoiler:Tsukasa in the alternate timeline, leading to Kagami's StartOfDarkness.]]
* PreClimaxClimax: [[spoiler:Kagami and Homura spend the night together in Chapter 27, just before they go to face the Ninth.]]
* PresentAbsence: [[spoiler:Madoka. This being set after the series, she's serving as the concept of Hope and is unseen but omnipresent throughout the story, but she makes personal appearances to lead Kyoko, Nico, and Homura to the afterlife.]]
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:The Second was doing this when she played with Homura's Soul Gem. Combined with the ''psycholoigical'' torture Homura was put through, it's no wonder she was catatonic by the end of it.]]
** [[spoiler:She threatens this against Kagami in their rematch. Kagami, understandably, [[ShutUpHannibal does not]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown take any of that]].]]

* [[spoiler:ReplacementGoldfish: {{Subverted}}, Kagami refuses to use her timeline's Homura as this to 2012!Homura.]]

* SecondLove: In a literal fashion for Homura, [[spoiler:and a [[IncrediblyLamePun punny]] one for Tsukasa.]]

* ShapeShifter: [[spoiler: The Second, who [[AndIMustScream imprisons Miyuki in the lens of her own glasses]] and assumes her form.]] [[Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica Airi Anri]] also this, and she's in the force of good now unlike in [[DiscOneFinalBoss her series]].

*** [[spoiler:And later, during Kyubey's [[NoSell ultimately failed]] attempt to forge a contract with her, Konata whispers [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull "Moon Prism Power Make Up."]]]]
*** [[spoiler:When she finally ''does'' transform into a Magical Girl, her costume is clearly based on Sailor Moon's, and she gives the full speech as she arrives at the battle.]]

** [[spoiler:When visiting Miyuki in the rehab hospital, Konata plays [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Monster Hunter Portable]], and later quotes [[Anime/DigimonTamers Terriermon's]] trademark ''[[GratuitousForeignLanguage "Moumantai."]]'']]

* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler:Chapter 9 shows 2012!Kagami's gradual descent into Demonhood.]]
* SupportingLeader: [[Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica Oriko Mikuni]] [[spoiler: takes command of all of Earth's Puellae Magi in the 2012 timeline]]
* SwallowedWhole: [[spoiler:Kagami gets eaten by the Third in Chapter 15.]]
* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler:Homura gets temporarily turned into a gold statue by the Fourth.]]

* ThemeNaming: [[spoiler:The Nine are given sobriquets that are patterned after the [[Literature/TheDivineComedy nine circles of Hell]].]]
* TitleDrop: Done twice in Chapter 5, the first time by Oriko [[spoiler:and the second by one of the Demons.]]
** And then done a third time in Chapter 25 by [[spoiler: Desideria]].

* VisionsOfAnotherSelf: [[spoiler:Oriko reveals to Homura that she has dreams of the other timelines, and knows of [[BreakTheCutie all the hell Homura's been through as a Puella Magi.]]]]
* TheVirus: [[spoiler:Jiovanni's Rite of Coversion turns humans into his grotesque red-cloaked monks. Poor Konata.]]
* WeirdnessMagnet: [[spoiler:As "multiversal focal points", Kagami and Tsukasa are living {{WeirdnessMagnet}}s, and irresistible targets for the Demons.]]
* WhamLine: Two in rapid succession in Chapter 4: [[spoiler:"We're all that's left," and "Neither of us killed that Demon... you did."]]

* YouAreNotAlone
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: [[spoiler:Homura and Kyubey's trip back from the 2013 Madokaverse was one-way. It took a significant power boost to go back that far, and there's no way to return to their own time or universe.]]

** Konata talks the Hiiragi twins' ears off about CodeGeass in Chapter 2. The first season was airing at the time the story takes place.

You may also want to check out ''{{Tasakeru}}'', an original work written by [[{{@/FringeBenefits}} BHS]], [[BlatantLies who wouldn't even think of indulging in]] ShamelessSelfPromotion.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7371211/1/Stars_Above Stars Above]]'' is a fanfic written by Tropers [[{{@/FringeBenefits}} BHS]] and {{@/Forzare}}. Based loosely on the events of a [[LongRunners long-running]] RP on the TVTropesForum, the story is a ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''[=/=]''Manga/LuckyStar'' IntercontinuityCrossOver [[spoiler:which takes place after Madoka's ascension and ignores the events of [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion Rebellion]], as the story was written and planned out long before the movie's release.]]

There is a [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13271175450A15480100 discussion thread]] for this story on the TVTropesForum.

* ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler:Kagami contains the Demon that could destroy TheMultiverse... and by thge final chapters Tsukasa contains another, unnamed one, similarly powerful. This overlaps with BarrierMaiden, see below.]]

Also see ''[[FanFic/{{Respect}} Respect]]'' and ''FanFic/ShatteredSkies'', unrelated {{CrossOver}}s by the same author.

* GenreSavvy: Konata, of course. She recognizes [[YuriGenre what kind of fic this is]] before anyone else does. But said genre savvy bites her in ass when she realizes that Homura is a standard MysteriousTransferStudent like in anime and follows her around the town to see her secret, and effectively gets caught in a crossfire.

* {{Tsundere}}: Kagami, as always. [[GenreSavvy Konata mentions this by name.]]

->'''Kyubey:''' ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness "I give my word that I will not make, nor will I ]]''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness attempt ]]''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness to make contracts with these girls... Contracting them would be foolish and irrational, no matter the circumstances. If they ever became Puellae Magi... ]][[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt it would mean the end of everything]]."''